Alien Animals

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

I'm always impressed by pet owners who submit their own pets to this blog. They understand what it's all about. We celebrate their ugliness, we revel in it, we offer them up as as a counterbalance to all the sugary cuteness you find out there. It doesn't take much effort to fall in love with a puppy or a kit...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

The Sphynx cat as an official breed comes to us from the 1960s. They are a relatively new breed, known for their intelligence and extroverted natures. Sphynxes aren't truly hairless. Instead, think of peach fuzz when you think of these felines' skin. Still, their lack of a pelt makes for warm skin, b...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2010/02/cheshire-frog.html

Jollyjo · Jollyjo

Jollyjo · Jollyjo

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

You might be inclined to mock this monkey. But you wouldn't dare do so to his face. He's a hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas), which makes him among the largest primates on the planet. That makes him your superior when it comes to strength and agility. He might not understand your taunts, but you would...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

The sun bear is called basindo nan tenggil in Malay, which means he who likes to sit high." That's because, as the smallest of the world's eight bear species, the sun bear is able to clamber high into the trees, where it spends most of its nocturnal life. Why the long tongue (and long face, for that m...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Sometimes caterpillars come with such amazing shapes and colors and spines and fur and toxins and appetites that I wonder why they even bother becoming butterflies. Why give up a life of carefree gluttony for flight and nectar and mating? I think that is a question best answered by the poets among us....

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Behold your new master. Behold his face and be afraid, behold his arms, outstretched to welcome his new subjects. Or, look at the hind end of a watersnipe fly larvae (Atherix ibis). The presence of these tiny freshwater creatures are actually good indicators of overall water quality. They have noth...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

The New Guinea Bush Frog (Asterophrys turpicola) is a frog after my own heart. Native to Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, this frog isn't a pushover. If it's threatened, it will inflate itself and gape its mouth--all the better to expose its blue tongue. If that doesn't drive off the predator, then the...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Are Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs really supposed to get this big in captivity? This one is housed at the Granby Zoo in Quebec, Canada, so I assume it's being properly cared for. Maybe I assume too much... I once had a friend (I know, hard to believe), who owned a pot-bellied pig. The pig, who was by then fu...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

I can't seem to find much out about the turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii) of South Western Australia. It seems as though it feeds on termites and lives in open woodlands and scrub plains. From what I can tell, it bypasses the whole tadpole phase of life. But why in the world give up being a tadpole? That...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Ever wondered what would happen if a jellyfish mated with a sea star? I haven't. But if I had, this is probably what I would have come up with: a large, gelatinous star. This echinoderm, is known as the hymenaster sea star, or giant slime star, and it gets to be about a foot across. Really, if you're going t...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Link: bild.de Science Buzz This goat was born with a head that looks like that of a human baby. CREEPY. Pretty gross. It's like an over-ripe Kiwi in there. Source

Jollyjo · Jollyjo

Jollyjo · Jollyjo

Created by ragingwombat -- Edited by Jollyjo on Wednesday 16th of September 2009 05:56:27 AM

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Common tube-nosed bat found by expert Alanna MaltbyPhotograph: Ulla Lohmann/BBC -- Edited by Ranade on Sunday 13th of September 2009 06:19:40 PM -- Edited by Dj Quiva on Tuesday 15th of September 2009 08:33:56 PM

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Many species of deep ocean fish have special adaptations to living in extremely high pressure, low light conditions. Viper fish (Mesopelagic - found at 80-1600 meters - about a mile down) are some of the most wicked looking fish dredged up from the depths. Some of them are black as night all over with l...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

The Javan Lutung, Trachypithecus auratus also known as the Ebony Lutung and Javan Langur, is an Old World monkey from the Colobinae subfamily. It is most commonly glossy black with a brownish tinge to its legs, sides, and "sideburns". It is found on and endemic to the island of Java, as wel...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

I'm using some detective work here, since I'm never too sure whether I'm looking at a llama or alpaca (or a vicuna, or a guanaco). But I'm guessing this is an alpaca, because it was just sheered (alpacas are primarily raised for their fleece). I'm also guessing it's springtime or early summer, since th...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Ever wonder what was beneath a pig's snout? Well, now you know. A dentist's dream,an HMO's nightmare, and enough tusk to keep my fingers on this side of the fence. Text source Photo source: Paco Cabeza-Lopez

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Aye-aye Weirdness factor: Where to start? The aye-aye is a kind of lemur, with large round ears that rotate independently. How does it eat? There are no woodpeckers in Madagascar, but the aye-aye has evolved to feed like one, using its long middle finger to scoop out grubs in tree bark. See it in: Madag...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

The wrinkle-faced bat, known to be frugivorous despite being closely related to the vampire bat, has long been known for its abominable face. But it's the shape of the skull that has puzzled researchers. Photo source: BBC News Centurio senex weighs in at a mere 17 grams). Why such a powerful bite on a f...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

These guys are so wacked out the people who discovered them can't even identify them. Sweet.SAFETY LEVEL: Guilty until proven innocent. The top one looks like a squid hybrid with a huge mouth, and the bottom like a jellyfish tangled in ribbons. No bueno. Thankfully they lurk deep, deep down, which is...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

So take a good look at my face My nasal flap looks out of place It's my sella meant to facilitate Hearing far away objects The above is a little known additional verse to Smokey Robinson's beloved Tracks of My Tears. It was his ode to Bourret's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus paradoxolophus. More specifica...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Whale killed by deformed tongue The carcass of a humback whale lies on an Alaskan beach. Scientists believe its death was down to its enormous deformed tongue, the size of a small car. What caused the grotesque swelling is a mystery, but a ship strike and infection are the principal theories.Origina...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

What lurked in the depths, now is going to haunt your boat. Be careful what you hook up. Aside from picking some vicious industrial garbage, you can bring to the surface some strange and unmentionable things. Most fishermen will happily brag about an extraordinary big fish (and we'll show plenty of t...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

One Successful Toad Australia has been accused of accidentally introducing the dreaded cane toad into East Timor back in 1999, when Australia led a force of peacekeepers into the country to end the pro-Indonesia militia slaughter there. Read on>> Photo source: Reuters -- Edited by Jollyj...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

There are 65 species of possums worldwide, but only one is native to North America: Didelphis virginiana, aka the Virginia opossum. Possums get their common name from the Algonquin name for them: apasam, which means 'white animal.' The Latin world, Didelphis, means 'double womb,' a reference to t...

Dj Quiva · Dj Quiva

Horses are usually beautiful creatures, but there are a few out there that are ugly enough to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Horse lovers spend so much time pouring over an endless supply of beautiful horse pictures, so I thought Id switch things up a little.Here Are a Few Horses That I Fi...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	hairless rodent (Preview) I'm always impressed by pet owners who submit their own pets to this blog. They understand what it's all about. We celebrate their ugliness, we revel in it, we offer them up as as a counterbalance to all the sugary cuteness you find out there. It doesn't take much effort to fall in love with a puppy or a kit...	Dj Quiva	2	3916	Apr 16, 2010 by Shem
	Sphynx cat Sphynx cat (Preview) The Sphynx cat as an official breed comes to us from the 1960s. They are a relatively new breed, known for their intelligence and extroverted natures. Sphynxes aren't truly hairless. Instead, think of peach fuzz when you think of these felines' skin. Still, their lack of a pelt makes for warm skin, b...	Dj Quiva	0	2073	Apr 13, 2010 by Dj Quiva
	Cheshire Frog frog Amphibian (Preview) http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2010/02/cheshire-frog.html	Dj Quiva	1	2071	Mar 1, 2010 by Jollyjo
	Disclosure...Sgt. Cliffird Stone...describing 57 Alien Species (Preview)	Jollyjo	0	1606	Feb 28, 2010 by Jollyjo
	57 Alien species catalogued... (Preview)	Jollyjo	0	3518	Feb 28, 2010 by Jollyjo
	hamadryas baboon (Preview) You might be inclined to mock this monkey. But you wouldn't dare do so to his face. He's a hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas), which makes him among the largest primates on the planet. That makes him your superior when it comes to strength and agility. He might not understand your taunts, but you would...	Dj Quiva	3	3546	Feb 4, 2010 by Dj Quiva
	Sun Bear - Why the Long Tongue? (Preview) The sun bear is called basindo nan tenggil in Malay, which means he who likes to sit high." That's because, as the smallest of the world's eight bear species, the sun bear is able to clamber high into the trees, where it spends most of its nocturnal life. Why the long tongue (and long face, for that m...	Dj Quiva	0	1612	Dec 31, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	ugly caterpillars Alien Animals Insects (Preview) Sometimes caterpillars come with such amazing shapes and colors and spines and fur and toxins and appetites that I wonder why they even bother becoming butterflies. Why give up a life of carefree gluttony for flight and nectar and mating? I think that is a question best answered by the poets among us....	Dj Quiva	0	2636	Oct 13, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	watersnipe fly larvae (Atherix ibis) Alien Animals Insects Larvae (Preview) Behold your new master. Behold his face and be afraid, behold his arms, outstretched to welcome his new subjects. Or, look at the hind end of a watersnipe fly larvae (Atherix ibis). The presence of these tiny freshwater creatures are actually good indicators of overall water quality. They have noth...	Dj Quiva	0	1937	Oct 13, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	New Guinea Bush Frog (Asterophrys turpicola) (Preview) The New Guinea Bush Frog (Asterophrys turpicola) is a frog after my own heart. Native to Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, this frog isn't a pushover. If it's threatened, it will inflate itself and gape its mouth--all the better to expose its blue tongue. If that doesn't drive off the predator, then the...	Dj Quiva	0	1593	Oct 13, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	Vietnamese pot-bellied pig Alien Animals Mammals (Preview) Are Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs really supposed to get this big in captivity? This one is housed at the Granby Zoo in Quebec, Canada, so I assume it's being properly cared for. Maybe I assume too much... I once had a friend (I know, hard to believe), who owned a pot-bellied pig. The pig, who was by then fu...	Dj Quiva	0	1613	Oct 12, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii) Amphibians Alien Animals (Preview) I can't seem to find much out about the turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii) of South Western Australia. It seems as though it feeds on termites and lives in open woodlands and scrub plains. From what I can tell, it bypasses the whole tadpole phase of life. But why in the world give up being a tadpole? That...	Dj Quiva	0	1832	Oct 12, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	giant slime star or hymenaster sea star Water Species Alien Animals (Preview) Ever wondered what would happen if a jellyfish mated with a sea star? I haven't. But if I had, this is probably what I would have come up with: a large, gelatinous star. This echinoderm, is known as the hymenaster sea star, or giant slime star, and it gets to be about a foot across. Really, if you're going t...	Dj Quiva	0	1742	Oct 12, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	Creepy Goat With Baby Head (Preview) Link: bild.de Science Buzz This goat was born with a head that looks like that of a human baby. CREEPY. Pretty gross. It's like an over-ripe Kiwi in there. Source	Dj Quiva	0	2496	Oct 4, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	ALien-like creature killed in Central America (Preview)	Jollyjo	0	1554	Sep 20, 2009 by Jollyjo
	Ugly Animals: Slideshow (Preview) Created by ragingwombat -- Edited by Jollyjo on Wednesday 16th of September 2009 05:56:27 AM	Jollyjo	0	1553	Sep 16, 2009 by Jollyjo
	Common tube-nosed bat Mammal Alien (Preview) Common tube-nosed bat found by expert Alanna MaltbyPhotograph: Ulla Lohmann/BBC -- Edited by Ranade on Sunday 13th of September 2009 06:19:40 PM -- Edited by Dj Quiva on Tuesday 15th of September 2009 08:33:56 PM	Dj Quiva	3	1780	Sep 15, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	Life in the Deep Alien Animals Water Species Fish (Preview) Many species of deep ocean fish have special adaptations to living in extremely high pressure, low light conditions. Viper fish (Mesopelagic - found at 80-1600 meters - about a mile down) are some of the most wicked looking fish dredged up from the depths. Some of them are black as night all over with l...	Dj Quiva	1	1901	Sep 15, 2009 by Jollyjo
	Ebony Lutung or Javan Langur (Preview) The Javan Lutung, Trachypithecus auratus also known as the Ebony Lutung and Javan Langur, is an Old World monkey from the Colobinae subfamily. It is most commonly glossy black with a brownish tinge to its legs, sides, and "sideburns". It is found on and endemic to the island of Java, as wel...	Dj Quiva	1	1622	Sep 10, 2009 by Ranade
	Roaring Alpaca (Preview) I'm using some detective work here, since I'm never too sure whether I'm looking at a llama or alpaca (or a vicuna, or a guanaco). But I'm guessing this is an alpaca, because it was just sheered (alpacas are primarily raised for their fleece). I'm also guessing it's springtime or early summer, since th...	Dj Quiva	0	1509	Sep 8, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	Beneath the Snout - Pig (Preview) Ever wonder what was beneath a pig's snout? Well, now you know. A dentist's dream,an HMO's nightmare, and enough tusk to keep my fingers on this side of the fence. Text source Photo source: Paco Cabeza-Lopez	Dj Quiva	0	1229	Sep 6, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	Weird Animals That You Can Travel to See (Preview) Aye-aye Weirdness factor: Where to start? The aye-aye is a kind of lemur, with large round ears that rotate independently. How does it eat? There are no woodpeckers in Madagascar, but the aye-aye has evolved to feed like one, using its long middle finger to scoop out grubs in tree bark. See it in: Madag...	Dj Quiva	2	1298	Sep 3, 2009 by Jollyjo
	fruit bat - The Benefits of a Short, Broad Skull Alien Bat (Preview) The wrinkle-faced bat, known to be frugivorous despite being closely related to the vampire bat, has long been known for its abominable face. But it's the shape of the skull that has puzzled researchers. Photo source: BBC News Centurio senex weighs in at a mere 17 grams). Why such a powerful bite on a f...	Dj Quiva	0	1724	Aug 30, 2009 by Dj Quiva
	Unidentified Species (Preview) These guys are so wacked out the people who discovered them can't even identify them. Sweet.SAFETY LEVEL: Guilty until proven innocent. The top one looks like a squid hybrid with a huge mouth, and the bottom like a jellyfish tangled in ribbons. No bueno. Thankfully they lurk deep, deep down, which is...	Dj Quiva	1	1365	Aug 18, 2009 by Ranade
	Horseshoe Bat bat (Preview) So take a good look at my face My nasal flap looks out of place It's my sella meant to facilitate Hearing far away objects The above is a little known additional verse to Smokey Robinson's beloved Tracks of My Tears. It was his ode to Bourret's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus paradoxolophus. More specifica...	Dj Quiva	1	1911	Aug 13, 2009 by Ranade
	Whale killed by deformed tongue (Preview) Whale killed by deformed tongue The carcass of a humback whale lies on an Alaskan beach. Scientists believe its death was down to its enormous deformed tongue, the size of a small car. What caused the grotesque swelling is a mystery, but a ship strike and infection are the principal theories.Origina...	Dj Quiva	2	1533	Jul 13, 2009 by Jollyjo
	What lurk in the depths - fish stories ugly fish deep sea teeth (Preview) What lurked in the depths, now is going to haunt your boat. Be careful what you hook up. Aside from picking some vicious industrial garbage, you can bring to the surface some strange and unmentionable things. Most fishermen will happily brag about an extraordinary big fish (and we'll show plenty of t...	Dj Quiva	2	13229	Jul 13, 2009 by Jollyjo
	Cane Toad -One Successful Toad .. great photography (Preview) One Successful Toad Australia has been accused of accidentally introducing the dreaded cane toad into East Timor back in 1999, when Australia led a force of peacekeepers into the country to end the pro-Indonesia militia slaughter there. Read on>> Photo source: Reuters -- Edited by Jollyj...	Dj Quiva	1	1288	Jul 13, 2009 by Jollyjo
	White ugly possum possum opossum white (Preview) There are 65 species of possums worldwide, but only one is native to North America: Didelphis virginiana, aka the Virginia opossum. Possums get their common name from the Algonquin name for them: apasam, which means 'white animal.' The Latin world, Didelphis, means 'double womb,' a reference to t...	Dj Quiva	1	5417	Jul 11, 2009 by Ranade
	Top 7 Freakiest Looking Horses Ever (Preview) Horses are usually beautiful creatures, but there are a few out there that are ugly enough to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Horse lovers spend so much time pouring over an endless supply of beautiful horse pictures, so I thought Id switch things up a little.Here Are a Few Horses That I Fi...	Dj Quiva	1	1411	Jul 9, 2009 by Shem
1 2 3 … 7 > Last» \| Page of 7 sorted by